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DERM TERMS Flashcards

1
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first to appear and most characteristic lesion to help classify disease?

A

primary lesions

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2
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these lesions evolve over time into secondary lesions?

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primary skin

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3
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skin lesions are characterized by how they are grouped into distinctive _____?

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configurations

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4
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

arranged in a circle or ring shape

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annular

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5
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

arranged in arcs or portions of a circle

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arciform

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6
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

intersecting arcs and circles

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polycyclic

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7
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

lesions occur in wavy lines, creeping

cutaneous larvae migrans

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serpiginous

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8
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

bull’s eye pattern, encircled round spot like a:

target lesion of erythema multiforme

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iris grouping

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9
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

lesions in broad bands following dermatome

herpes zoster or shingles

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zosteriform grouping

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10
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name this grouping or config of lesions:

lymphangitis, contact dermatitis due to poison ivy, shin excoriations from itching xerotic skin

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linear grouping

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11
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these lesions are from criss cross patterns forming a network

erythema ab igne on shins
levido reticularis
x-ray dermatitis

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retiform grouping

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12
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groups of lesions without any distinct patterns

irregular collections of individuals lesions

urticaria, insect bites, chicken pox

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irregular grouping

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13
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define ulcer

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depressed area of the skin with loss of the superficial layers due to a destructive process

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14
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define scars

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fibrous connective tissue with loss of normal elastic fibers

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15
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define keloids

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extend beyond the area of original injury

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16
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define atrophy

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depression in contour of skin

thinning of skin

loss of subcutaneous skin fat in chronic peripheral arterial

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17
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define lichenification

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thickened skin from scratching or rubbing

hypo pigmentation

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18
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define telangectasia

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harmless dilated torturous superficial capillaries

spider veins

familial

triggered in pregnancy

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19
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name this skin pigmentation:

shades the skin from uv light damage

A

melanin

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20
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name this skin pigmentation:

oxidized hemoglobin iron that stains the skin brown

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hemosiderin

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21
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name this skin pigmentation:

stains the skin yellow if there is dietary excess

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carotene

22
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name this skin pigmentation:

stains the skin yellow as in jaundice of the hepatobiliary diseases

A

bile

23
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name this skin pigmentation:

these pigments occasionally stain the apocrine sweat

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blood pigments

24
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this is an in-vitro noninvasive diagnostic technique that magnifies the skin in such a way that color and subsurface structure in the epidermis, demo-epidermal junction and papillary dermis becomes visible?

A

dermoscopy

25
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what is this traffic assessment?

arrange for biopsy

A

high risk lesion

26
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what is this traffic assessment?

monitor or refer

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moderate risk lesion

27
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what is this traffic assessment?

reassure patient and monitor

A

low risk lesion

28
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name this part of the dermoscopy 3 point checklist?

asymmetry of color and structure in one or two perpendicular axes

A

asymmetry

29
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name this part of the dermoscopy 3 point checklist?

pigment network with irregular holes and thick lines

A

atypical network

30
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name this part of the dermoscopy 3 point checklist?

any type of blue/white color

A

blue white structures

31
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using a clear plastic or glass slide check for blanching of a skin lesion?

the blanching generally suggests

A

diascopy

vascular lesion like telangectasia

or

pigmented lesions

32
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this is a sign in which the blister margin spreads with finger pressure, extends the bullae, physically demonstrates lack of normal epidermal cell adhesion

A

nikolsky’s sign

33
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this sign indicates the appearance of pinpoint bleeding upon forcible removal of a. scale of psoriasis

occurs in conditions where the dermal papillae are elongated and fragile

*pinpoint bleeding upon paring of a hyperkeratotic plaques suggest a?

A

auspitz’s sign of psoriasis

verrucae

34
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this reaction occurs when physical injury on previously normal skin area triggers a new lesion?

A

koebner’s phenomena isomorphic reaction

35
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under woods light examination, erythrasma illuminates?

A

coral red

36
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under woods light examination, pseudomonas glows?

A

white to yellow, green pus

37
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under woods light examination, urine in porphyria glows?

A

orange to pink

38
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under woods light examination, microsporum glows?

A

yellow green in tinea capitis

39
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under woods light examination, trichophyton glows?

A

they do not glow

40
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giemsa stained smear of blister base scrapping?

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Tzanck smear

herpes simplex

41
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normal day temp?

normal night temp?

A

30 degree Celsius or 86 degree Fahrenheit

34 degree Celsius or 93.2 degree Fahrenheit

42
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extensive irreversible death of tissue?

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gangrene and generally due to loss of vascularity

secondary bacterial infection and putrefaction is called wet gangrene

43
Q

excess terminal hair growth in areas of the body that are not androgen sensitive

generalized in testicular tumors

A

hypertrichosis

44
Q

excess body or facial fair in women in androgen sensitive areas

A

hirsutism

45
Q

name this alopecia:

autoimmune mediated hair loss disease that progressively attacks hair follicles

progress to alopecia universalis

A

alopecia areata

46
Q

name this alopecia

autosomal dominant

male pattern baldness, receding hair line and top of head hair loss

A

androgen alopecia

47
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what is atopy?

A

without apparent cause

48
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abnormal dryness of skin, very common?

A

xerosis

49
Q

any of several generalized skin disorders due to a genetically caused molecular defect in keratinization process resulting in retention of keratinocytes rather than normal desquamation

cracks in skin
rare

A

ichthyosis

50
Q

name this reaction

secondary skin eruption

hypersensitive to a dermatophyte fungal antigen

acute inflammatory vesicular tinea pedis

cross reaction

A

dermatophytid reaction

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